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Archive for Site news (English)
Academia Vitae initiates a scholarship program
Ria Bos, a psychologist in Deventer, has offered the first scholarship. Because of her own financial difficulties in getting a university education, it will be awarded to a young woman who requires financial assistance to study at Academia Vitae. For more information contact Marjolein@academiavitae.nl.A Deventer organization is offering two matching scholarships. If your organization is willing to assist in their realization, contact office@academiavitae.
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U.S. interest in the Study Abroad Program
In visiting several places in the Chicago area, Dean Arjo Klamer found serious interest in the Study Abroad Program. Students are attracted by the focus on European topics, the location, quality, and reasonable financial conditions (despite the low value of the dollar). Academia Vitae is in discussion with Roosevelt University and Bard College for further collaboration.
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Academic Partnerships with Bard and Roosevelt
Roosevelt University, Chicago Roosevelt University (Chicago) and Academia Vitae have signed a memorandum of understanding. Beginning September 2009 and continuing annually, a Roosevelt University professor and student group will take part in the Semester Abroad program at Academia Vitae University College.Something all Roosevelt students know: The Roosevelt University foyer (below) was the setting for the confrontation between Al Capone (Robert DeNiro) and Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner) in The Untouchables (1987). |
Bard College, New York  At right, the view of the Hudson River from the Rose Garden at Bard’s Blithewood mansion.Bard — an elite American liberal arts college in New York — and Academia Vitae have agreed to exchange course credits. Great news for those wanting to study abroad or continue their Academia Vitae undergraduate education in the United States. |
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Bard College, an eminent liberal arts college in the US with a rich intellectual history, takes next step in collaboration with Academia Vitae.
Leon Botstein, president of Bard College, has just given green light for further collaboration between Bard and Academia Vitae. Jonathan Becker, Bard’s Academic Director, Associate Dean of the College and Dean of International Studies, and Susan Gillespie, Director of the Institute for International Liberal Education, will visit Academia Vitae in July.
Bard is interested in accrediting Academia Vitae’s Freshman Year. Bard president Leon Botstein finds Academia Vitae a wonderful initiative, combining the best of American liberal arts education with the European university tradition:
“The first order of business in college is to figure out your place in the world and in your life and career. College life starts with introspection, as opposed to a public, collective impetus. We try to urge students to think about their place in the world and to develop a desire to participate from inside themselves . . . we encourage students to identify and pursue their academic interests with care.”
Bard is founder of the Institute for International Liberal Education. The aim is for Bard to grant credit for the Freshman Year, which will be valid within the (North American) university system.
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